Be Appy: 5 Apps To Help You Sleep Better

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1/03/2016 5:04:19 PM

We round up five apps to ensure a good night's sleep.

Yoga Studio

By Gaiam Inc.; $5.99 on the App Store.

Not only will some low-intensity yoga - guided by this app's softly spoken instructor - help you wind down before bed, but there's also a series of five-, 10- and 20-minute Deep Relaxation Meditations.

Twilight

By Urbandroid Team; free on Google Play.

It's believed exposure to the blue light emitted by many devices can supress melatonin, so Twilight takes the edge off being constantly switched on by applying a red filter to your device. If you're a fan, try the popular software f.lux - which adapts the hue in projected screen light according to the time of day - for your Mac and/or OS X systems.

Rain, Rain Sleep Sounds

By Tim Gostony; free on the App Store.

In an ideal world, there'd be no judgement about what gets you off... to sleep. This app contains recordings of everything from rain (in the forest, on a tin roof, against a window...), to the hum of a clothes dryer. Choose your vice and wait for your Zs.

Simply Being

By Meditation Oasis; $2.99 on the App Store.

If meditation is your thing, try Simply Being, which allows you to customise everything from the length of, to types of background sounds on, a dreamy set of guided versions.

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

By Northcube AB; free on the App Store.

This app claims to work as an "intelligent alarm clock that analyzes your sleep", effectively waking you up in your lightest sleep phase. The end game? When your alarm goes each morning, you won't feel as though you've come back to earth with a thud.